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单词 broggle
释义 broggle, v. north. dial.|ˈbrɒg(ə)l|
Also 7 braggle.
[app. a frequentative f. brog v.]
intr. To continue poking with a stick or pointed instrument in a hole; also spec. to fish for eels, by thrusting a stick with a baited hook into the holes, and under the stones where they lie. Hence ˈbroggling, also called sniggling.
1653W. Lawson Comm. Secr. Angling in Arb. Garner I. 195 A way to catch Eels by ‘Braggling’..Go into some shallow place of the river among the great stones, and braggle up and down till you find holes under the stones.1678Phillips (App.), Brogle for Eels, to fish for Eels.1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. xxii. §5 (1689) 146 Brogling or Snigling.1792Osbaldistone Brit. Sportsm. 78/2 Brogling, a method of fishing for eels.
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